Asymmetrical vapor-conducting medium for alternating currents.



O, HOLZ. ASYMMETRIGAL VAPOR CONDUCTING MEDIUM POE ALTBRNATING GURRBNTS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 2a, 1903.

1,1 19,600, Patented Dec. 1 1914.

lumunl lmh Wifnesses v lnven Corz' v OCto-Holz,

am may canal-em a it lmrwn l1, Hem, e citizen 0: the Unified Slates,melding e l Schenecef Scheneeieily, State cf teily, enemy New Ycrla,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Asymmetrical Vw peiCcnducting li/ilecllums 3301 Alternating i'rents, of which the fellowiege.- speeiii';v izion.

T invention relates to the irenemiseien of alaernating currents throughe Yep-er.

vepoi' yectiiier eulae ceneluctive fer wa es ef a given clireeiien enlyeml so eperating as a rectifier is camel-meted 'lIl eccork ance with myinvention en as $0 evcicl ercing between ihe enoilee.

l utilize my iii/elation ie ebmin e il- "see z current frcm currentsource, in which case the energy is utilized elsewhere than in the Vaporeenducing medium, or I may con'veri the energy clerived from ihe sourceexclusively lute light, in which case the principal ccnsiimpticn ofenergy takes place in. the conducting-medium itself we carry g myinventien in ze practice I e highly exheustetl receptacle garc'icleciier example with ltipiiaee elecrezles, cne least of w iieli is cfve'pcrizalsle maierial. FY01" the veporizeble mi -berial in the envelep,end leireugli the insemmeeitality of means inclependeni ef the nulliplmse source I generate amazed, veper m eavelcp. 137; the term ieeizefive'porl is procluceai electrically Wlllgll is hell eleciricellyccxiclucting. E5 7 reason ehe 33*1Q3Qfi68. of this leeized l isinitieied in the eavelep end mainieiiiesi s'ifilale- The novel featuresWhichcherecterize my im mtiaxi ere pointed em iii the eppencletl 35.west uziclers zccalby fei ezence to the fol lcwing; descripcioe telienin cennecticn with the eccomfpanyiieg drawings in Whic} Fignire 1represents ens embodimenl; of

invention and 2 another emlacdimenz, i

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(erect lz-etweee 13h ese elecirczle them there e ecr'elien er. time cf'lslie c0 ine? er glass em/else lies the impatient eclvsmeegggeeipeevemingg e1 reducing mai between ille m c the ellzemetimz 0i p tweenthem. lie primaries 1 and 15, cm

responding e0 two eeccneriee end i3,

are 'su'pplie W ill current Eram e, euiie ele tee-phase source. Theeleebroele 16 ]S connecec. e; a censumptien ceile smell lie ether illstorage imiizery'fifi i5 electrically eemieelezl to the two; elecicoeleelilflllll 11 Tile i-ery servesote produce and maintain ee ere 1n theenvelep between the electrcies 19 aml I 11. This ere may be eeee iecl bycausing the bedies of mercusy 1G and 11 i0 come ifmle mementery contactwith eachcthee. As we mercury separates, Elie eliere circuit pre WlOUSlVformed-1s blGKBXl, mus springing the eve. This-eesult be eccomplishetlby shaking the envelep so as to cause the meireur L0 flew ever thebridge 01' barrier 21 separating the iwe bo'clies e1? merciiry, so thatas the mercury fiews back intc the position of equilibriem,-el e circuittime iermed;

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The i currents are T821? oustii'natingg ourionai current slop 1 and istilQlG'FOIfi h Sii ht flue ans as may cxisi; may iic smoothed out roomsof an induoitanco coii as its psrfonning this function the inductancecoii muses each cur-Toni oioctio-motivo i i in such piin wave to iagbehind its force, "whereby the current so of tho supply system, in (i ofpassing ihi'ough zero aiwoys Wings; at iho instant o sii'o force passesthrough zc Fig. :2 I have rcpieseuicd 'fi my inv ntioio to liefiil. hocxhs piz'ioic for the Va ro. i'ic applies. source of six-- usiocienvelop or repoi" oouiiuciing-inedium is onvciop may be ri' material itis someprovided with ciocoo 29 in'ziusi've looms-d in tho ciomogioi'tion bins onvciop indicated. is i81CiiD-il1 iii no maize connectionwith ii oioc 1131605841 rcspcoizivo n she ital-ML I came imiis'foi oilare inii iicutori .QEUiQS are soofrom so ions? gni i'tion of (a, body ofc istiL-utin g a common CRIiHMiL Hi h the uopor cioctro ics oi foods isconncotcd to ciriinsioiing is *iccs such for wage b2 57, iainps i :ccsi'oouros connected *0 consimios conductor 40 oiu'ts of the time Due tothis miCiCi o connoc cc rics impress siK-pi'ms upon upper cicm.

' Wiii be mom periodically, the electrov vciop having a. plum-ii-tiiisr3 mo uxiiio cessiou. Thcsc Waves, dii'ooilion, arc dis glaocdi'zo six-pimsc relation, in corn: o the six-phase reiaizion oi thoimpre" tioinotirc forces, and rcsuih i F1 tiaiiy uniform current possin,co no ti-nus lacing devices.

Though in both figures of ililfi have iiiustratcci my invention op thorectification of aliomating cunen'i, it is to be und'erstooci that thetmnsiatiog iici'icss may be omitted and. tho energy ioz'ivcci' from thesource utilized entirely in tho on velop for the purpose of producingiigli Also, though I have observed that tho mmiiijzary starting arc maybe kept in. continuous operation inonicr to render the action of thoapparatus more stable, it may be uscii foi' starting purposes only anddiscom' 'n vi ftcr the apparatus is started up i li'll f'Oi'lgii :iisinstrumcntaiit What I ciaim as new, and c. by Letters Poiont o1 iLi'lBUnit 1. In a vapor oicctiic opp: bination of on exhausted cnvoiop imvipiuraiity of upright tubular oxi'cn ions, solid ciccirocics ioca'tciiinisaid iubuiny iflisioos :inci znziiniaincci oi dificioni polarities,and ii cooperating vaporizablc oiccii'ocic.

combination of on exhausted oniop having o plurality of upright tuiauia.

rosions, an anode in each cxtcnsion. and cans for maintaining analternating Ciiiii cnco pocnti :11 between said snocics.

The combination of an cxhauscti, onvcioo having o. plurality of uprighi;izubuisr ano'cio chambers, anodes in said chambers, 11 zuioie cathocic,and a source oitoo noting clcctromotive force connects-(i said anocics.

The combination of an evacuated cnvclop having a piumlity of cxicnsionscocil cioscd oi; one and, a soiici anode in each critonsion, avapoi'izabie cathodicand means for producing an alternating cii'ficrcncoof potontioi between said. anodes.

The combination of an exhausted on ty of anode oiuzmbcis tings ii 'piiiti "o {he open ngs into which are out of line with soon oihor, anodes insaid cimmbeirs, o co *ng d-ifi'erencfi of potential between "audes. Arectifier tube having: a plurfxlity of 113110695 alternating inpnfezltini, and 11 906pemfi'flg cathndm and chumberx fcr the re" unodmthe openixws into which are me with eachptlwr. z'ecmfier tube having aplumhty of N5 alimum'tmg m potentml, and a c0- opermting cathode, andchambers for file I'Q- 10 spective anndes the openings into which areout of a line connecting the anodtsz- In Witness whereof, I havehereu'niw set my hand this 20th day of March 1908. UTTU HGLZ.

Witnesses BENJAMIN B. HULL,

